Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Get email alerts on the Transportation Funding topic
No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.
Council agrees to update trip‑generation study as first step toward a transportation utility fee
Summary
Council directed staff to update the supporting study (trip-generation methodology) for a proposed transportation utility fee, favoring a trip‑generation category system over a pure building‑square‑foot approach and asking staff to return with modeled fee structures.
Councilmembers and staff discussed whether a transportation utility fee should be structured using a simple square-foot tier or be based on trip generation (low/medium/high/industrial) tied to Institute of Transportation Engineers trip-generation methodology. Staff recommended updating the supporting study and trip-generation analysis to provide a defensible methodology and to model the fee structure for business categories.
Staff cautioned that moving to trip-based categories will require revising the study and plan at a cost but said that approach is more scalable and defensible (and could address appeals via a study-based hearing process). Projections staff shared showed potential budgetary relief on a multi-year horizon under the proposed retention/recruitment compensation changes, and staff advised the council that updating the study is the appropriate next step (estimated ~90 days) before returning with fee options.
Council expressed a desire to move forward without protracted delay; staff will commission the study update and return with modeled fee structures and draft ordinance language for further council review.
